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Timberlane students, teachers report more engagement but new phone ban raises logistics and safety concerns
Summary
Students and teachers at Timberlane Regional High School told the school board they have seen higher in-person engagement since a bell‑to‑bell cellphone ban took effect, but described communication, privacy and emergency‑access challenges.
Students and several high school staff members told the Timberlane Regional School District board that a districtwide, bell‑to‑bell cellphone ban introduced this school year has produced both clear benefits and practical problems.
Students said they are talking with one another more during free time and in class and that many teachers have observed improved attention. Several students and teachers also described drawbacks: parents’ messages routed to email are not reliably seen during the school day; school email access can flag or expose messages; some instructional uses of phones (tuners, graphing‑calculator apps, photos for lab work) are now restricted; and students with organizational or memory…
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